The Eldest Daughter of a Rural Family
Chapter 938 - 209: Escorting the Grain, Your Sister_4

Chapter 938: Chapter 209: Escorting the Grain, Your Sister_4

Mo Heng took out the drawn blueprint, the complete design of the Thunder Cannon used by the Waci People.

General An immediately gathered manpower to have Pei Qin start producing the Thunder Cannon.

After tinkering for three days, Pei Qin looked at the finished product and could not help throwing down her tools, "What is this contraption? How short is its range!?"

Seeing her disdainful expression, the soldiers who had gone nearly three sleepless days became resentful, "How many of our brothers have fallen to this Thunder Cannon! It is with this that the Waci People breached the pass and stormed the city, forcing the Emperor to undertake a southern campaign! And you still disdain it as nothing special!? Can you make a better one!?"

Seeing the unhappiness in everyone’s faces, Pei Qin fell silent. This wasn’t the modern day, lacking advanced technology, of course... It enraged her to see such rudimentary design.

Seeing her fall silent, everyone withdrew their reproachful gazes. Though a bit clever, she was nothing more than an inexperienced young kid!

"I can."

Several people turned their heads in disbelief, as if they hadn’t heard what she said.

"I said I can!" Pei Qin repeated.

Ignoring the shocked expressions of everyone, Pei Qin immediately gathered her tools; she needed to work iron, to cast iron.

Dou He rushed over, already excited seeing the formed Thunder Cannon. Hearing Pei Qin still disdaining it and wishing to create a more powerful version, he looked at her as if she were something else.

"Now we need a few Thunder Cannons to at least take Lin City to acquire resources," Mo Heng said, suppressing a sigh.

Dou He and General An immediately convened all the Deputy Generals to discuss tactics. They couldn’t keep hiding like this! The main force of the Waci People was not here; they only relied on the power of the Thunder Cannon to hold the city. As long as they addressed the Thunder Cannon issue, they wouldn’t fear the Waci Massive Army!

Pei Qin picked ten assistants and rushed to produce three Thunder Cannons and over a hundred cannonballs overnight, "There are no materials left! We can only seize the city now!"

"Before seizing the city, we must test it first!" General An ordered.

Pei Qin, although she trusted her own handiwork, feared the unexpected and nodded in agreement.

"Testing it just wastes a cannonball, three Thunder Cannons, that’s three!" Dou He lamented.

Without hesitation, Pei Qin ordered people to pull it to a clearing in the mountains and made all the preparations.

Mo Heng saw the preparations complete, "General! You can give the command now!"

General An took two deep breaths and spoke in a deep voice, "Fire!"

With a loud boom, the ground in front exploded, sending stones flying and starting fires.

"Ow ow ow!"

The successful test had the soldiers of the Chu Army howling excitedly.

High in spirit, they dragged the three Thunder Cannons and marched directly, setting them up right outside the gates of Lin City.

With each thunderous roar like Sky Thunder, the Waci People were stunned and terrified.

"Sky Thunder! Why is the Sky Thunder in the hands of the Chu People!?"

"Has Eternal Heaven abandoned us?"

Relying on the Thunder Cannon, the Waci defensive forces, now devoid of this advantage, were like the Chu Army injected with a fierce energy, directly leveraging the power of the Thunder Cannon to storm into the city. Every Waci person that hadn’t escaped was slaughtered!

The people inside Lin City had already fled in large numbers; those remaining had tightly shut their doors, hiding under their beds, not daring to come out.

After entering the city, General An immediately had Dou He post notices to reassure the people and guard the city tower.

Those hiding in their homes listened to the repeated shouts outside. Some braver ones ventured out and heard that the Great Chu Army had also created the powerful Thunder Cannon and driven the Waci People away, excitingly crying out to those still hiding to come out.

The new soldiers, victorious in their first battle and having recaptured the city, saw the people’s worshipful stares and proudly puffed out their chests.

Most of the city’s food and resources had already been destroyed or taken by the Waci People. Mo Heng immediately issued a military decree to his men, forbidding them from taking anything from the people, not even a needle or thread; no burning, killing, raping, or looting, violators would be dealt with by military law.

The Chu Army, at least, was not the same as the Waci People. This was their own river, their own people, and they obeyed strictly.

Pei Qin wasted no time searching for the blacksmith shop. Looking at the confused eyes of the blacksmiths, she regretted not bringing the Zou Xing brothers along. She taught them again; she needed to smelt iron to cast mortars.

Busy until late into the night, Pei Qin’s eyes still sparkled as she stared at the iron smelting furnace.

When Mo Heng finished his tasks and saw she was still there, he came over and whispered in a low voice, "Go to sleep first!"

"I’m not sleepy!" Pei Qin didn’t move.

The next moment, her hand was tightly grasped. Pei Qin looked up at him, seeing his face still dusty and unclean, his robe somewhat tattered, and she blinked in a trance.

Other people were around; Mo Heng squeezed then released her hand, "Go back to sleep first! We’ll have someone watch over this, there won’t be any problems!"

Dou He also came to check the situation and progress, hearing Mo Heng speak to Pei Qin, he asked about the condition and also said gently, "Han San! You should rest first! The mortar still counts on you; you can’t fall now!"

Pei Qin thought for a moment, then acknowledged with a sound.

Now that they were in the city, they had places to stay, no longer having to sleep on the ground, as they were distributed rooms.

Shortly after lying down, she noticed someone silently entering her room. Pei Qin spoke out, "Mo Heng! I killed someone today."

Mo Heng knew, she had led people rushing into the city, facing the oncoming Waci Army, she had hesitated with her raised knife, then chopped down onto the person’s head. Her voice, once lofty and spirited, now seemed rather elusive; Mo Heng’s heart suddenly ached, and he pulled her into his embrace, "Have you never killed before?"

Pei Qin turned her head, resting against his neck, kissing the familiar faint cold fragrance that came through, taking several breaths, "No. After the war, New China was a society governed by law. My dad never went to the battlefield either."

Mo Heng tightened his arms, hugging her tightly, his chin rubbing against her hair, "Those people deserved to be killed!"

Now, they could only stop killing with killing; there was no other way in the chaos! Yet, Pei Qin murmured stiflingly, "I can hardly breathe."

Realizing he was holding too tightly, Mo Heng loosened his grasp, blocking her mouth.

With an inexplicable sigh in her heart, Pei Qin nestled closer, wrapping her arms around him, drawing from his mouth.

For a long time, until she fell asleep, Mo Heng lovingly held her, whispering softly, "Sorry. Sorry, Qinqin." It was his selfishness that had dragged her into this warfare.

The next day, waking up, Pei Qin stretched, yawning ungracefully as she came out.

When Mo Heng found her, he saw her with one foot on a stool, pant leg rolled up revealing her dirt-smudged calf, boasting spiritedly to her soldiers about how many Waci People she had chopped, "That damn bitch, their brains were chopped out by me! Hahaha!"

"I also killed three! Damn it! Waci minions, we also have the Thunder Cannon now; we’ll kill those mother-bred Waci dogs!"

"I only killed one! Next time we face off, I must chop several more!"

Mo Heng stood there, his handsome face darkened.

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